| Show REGULATION Of RAILROAD RATES InterState Commerce Commis Commission Commission sion son Asks Authority for That Purpose WOULD GIVE FULL HEARINGS Should Enlarge Terms Trans to Include Charges For Various Services Different notices lole for the El EI lime Ileen Beel anil arni all Actual Pit of hute Washington De LC Hrha nineteenth annual report or of tile Ile Interstate com commerce merce commission lon vas WL VU transmitted Imn to Congress s today toda In previous reports the lon hM hu repeatedly called attention to the tha necessity for Cor amendments and ani to 10 the present act net to regulate and anI anI In report the tha com coin commission commission mission sots sets forth the general reasons for lor proposed amendments contained In Inthe Inthe the thc form Corm of oC a bill II which lias hns been heen Icen sub to the senate committee on In Interstate Interstate commerce In compliance with IL ii request th nod this bill bi IH Is t printed as ns an un appendix to 10 the report The rho most Important amendment Is dele delo delegation lelo gation aton of ot authority to the commission to determine what should be bI sub for Cor the tho future In place of one found Cound after full Cul hearing to be he un tin unlawful lawful with tho the further that the I hI order oriler of oC the th commission prescribing such luch substituted rate shall take effect within a 1 1 reasonable time unless va a or 01 set sel aside by br b Judicial proceed proceeding InKs ing The rhe commission recommends recommend I that the phrase under common control man management or 01 arrangement In Iii II the first section of o tho low law be bo omItted This flits would make the th regulating statute ap apply apply ply to 10 certain classes claise clas el of at carriers carrier now exempt from Its application and ant re requirements The 1110 10 definition In the tho lUst list section of oC the term should be he en enlarged el so as to include the charges for various arious services l such luch as an refrigeration r Ill the tue 1 which are now claimed to 10 be Ie bend beyond tha tho th authority of ot tho com corn commission comI mission I The obligation ton to furnish and ald tho the ervIce here hero referred to Is Ii 1 10 Iw which Is I likewise c a 1 point p ow IW in dispute It I 1 Is not hot iv this time line that hat the tue carriers carrieri should e prohibited fron using private cars cari tarl r 1 from frol employing the tue owners of oC such SIrs aIS to perform time the loins service if they lucy lint that course counte to 10 their advantage wit hut the tho commission does doca recommend that hat these theo should he bo put lUt on 08 Mie He iI arne tamo bail littI IJ ls as 01 all ni other freight HO so far an as IS they lucy can cart be The Tue he commission hua hUl held lucid that tha th the present law In w the publication Ind nd of oC export rules alli that good policy also ulso demands d Kool landl the samo same course in lit II view of ot the fact tat t however that Hut It has ha been heel earnestly Insisted that Ule Ile enforcement of this thus rule rull would serl sen lu ly Interfere With Ith our foreign buM bul bu l lIP IP H In time the handling of cot ton lun through southern ports and Uld of ot lain tain Imports Imperia and amid exports through Pa ja PaI I 4 J coast coust tho th commission de dc deI I ide to to action until Congress s haI to 10 consider und net upon time the subject Thu Tutu pro IHO proposes poses lo eH therefore that the sixth section l be 11 f so 10 modified as us to In plainly Include this of but that bitt the Mon Ilon he be given power to suspend mid modify the tho requirement In thin respect whenever hener nifty may ma leIm necessary in II tiie tie t me public Interest It H Is stilted that not lt only have vari varl various var ous fUH devices for evading the EI M law lw III pen een brought Into use US hut but time the actual lament of or rebates us its II such has haR been beon hero here anti and 1111 there theu resumed Instances of ot this tiuI kind have teen licen established by con proof on In which prosecutions Inno 1110 betl commenced unit are now nc v pending The Th report chows that complaints complain Is tIled lied Ier with wih the time commIssion dUI dur during ing Ilg the y ar both formal urinal and Informal proceedings Time The number lumber unc of Investigations 11 on 1 formal complaint In lii II during the year ear Is 63 6 Involving directly the hue rates rilet anti and ant practises ses of or decisions havo hao been yen ren cl red the year Thin Thil number than thun In any an previous year In Includes cases CI of oC unreasonable rates cl between localities between commodities and between persons ant in facilities of o transportation with wih cases Involving departure from Crom published tariff rates und and ull some relating chiefly I to reparation According to tu the tue customary preliminary nary uary lIar report on cn cm Income accounts the tho so earnings of companies oper oller a 1 mileage of oC miles mies for Cor tho the year ending end In June 30 O 1003 were 2073 The Tho cro gross ro s earnings from front op operations 0 averaged 66 per mile mie of oC tIne line lne This average averne Is considerably higher than tho the like Ilka average for or any un other ether year for Cor which a 1 statistical re report port fort has hal been published by the com corn commission cornu mission u I The Th preliminary report shows that 0 companies declared dividend during the year ar to the HIP amount of SO and the dividends declared by b practically tic the same saie ahie roads during the year ear 1901 Hr 7 It I should ho hI borne In mind 1111 however that tho the pre lire reports ore confined to the re returns returns returns turns of oC operating roads rOds only nob so 10 o exclude nil 01 dividends declared by liy sub suh subsidiary companies the th property of ot which Is I leaned eo to 10 II others for or operation JM Jur 01 r the th year ear ending cOlnA June JUI 30 20 1901 19 I the final statistical report repot showed that the total amount of oC dividends dividend declared 11 by b ni nil II the railway companies covered by hy that report if II I both bolh operating and leased lines wan It 1 Is I stated that withIn the vast past year ar decided Improvement has hn taken Place in the condition of oC safety on nil roads road subject to the provisions of or the statute The rhe commission that th t the need nel of o o LL 1 hUh standard of or physical ph l nl and mental condition for certain classes of oC employ employs U es s and rare on the Iho th part of oC supervisory IMrI ory to see fe re that proper regulations r are maintained ant and obeyed ohn C Is I quite quil generally recognized r and n a considerable ron number of oC railroads have ha prescribed rules flues limiting the number of hours of oC work and providing rest rt t periods p but rules rull to have hac been very ery enforced poorly Tho rho ho comm slon again urges the time passage of ot n a 1 block signal law 10 to pre prevent I vent ent collisions collIsion which are ar the tho I greatest single cause calse of DC death und and in injuries InJuries inJuries juries to tD The flue commission further recommends that time the Ihl government should Investigate Invest gate tracks mind promptly P tl furnish the facts concerning them |
